Impact of non-framework cation mixing on the structure and crystallization behavior of model high-level waste glasses
Nikhila Balasubramanya
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854 USA
Search for more papers by this authorZhenxuan Sun
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854 USA
Search for more papers by this authorMostafa Ahmadzadeh
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSaeed Kamali
Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tennessee, USA
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel R. Neuville
CNRS-Géomatériaux, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 1 rue Jussieu, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorJohn S. McCloy
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Ashutosh Goel
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854 USA
Correspondence
Ashutosh Goel, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorNikhila Balasubramanya
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854 USA
Search for more papers by this authorZhenxuan Sun
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854 USA
Search for more papers by this authorMostafa Ahmadzadeh
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSaeed Kamali
Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tennessee, USA
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel R. Neuville
CNRS-Géomatériaux, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 1 rue Jussieu, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorJohn S. McCloy
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Ashutosh Goel
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854 USA
Correspondence
Ashutosh Goel, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Spinel crystallization is known to be detrimental to the operation of Joule heated ceramic melters during the vitrification of iron-rich high-level nuclear wastes (HLW) into borosilicate glasses. The literature on this subject focuses on tackling the problem by developing empirical constraints to design compositions, which limit the fraction of spinels formed in the melter or by developing empirical models to predict the settling behavior of spinels in the melter as a function of the glass composition. While these empirical models can predict the behavior of most of the compositions, they are not failsafe as there are always some compositions, whose behavior is beyond the predictive ability of these models. This can lead to undesirable situations during the vitrification of the nuclear waste, and therefore an in-depth investigation of the chemo-structural descriptors controlling the crystallization behavior in these glasses is warranted. Accordingly, the present study aims to understand the impact of non-framework cation mixing (i.e., Li+/Na+ and Ca2+/Na+) on the structure (through Raman spectroscopy and Mössbauer spectroscopy) and crystallization behavior (through XRD, SEM-EDS, and vibrating sample magnetometry) of iron-rich model HLW glasses in the system: (mol.%) x MyO–(25−x) Na2O–9.12 B2O3–6.4 Al2O3–51.25 SiO2–7.22 Fe2O3–0.38 MnO–0.08 Cr2O3–0.55NiO (MyO = Li2O or CaO).
Supporting Information
Filename | Description |
---|---|
jace18381-sup-0001-SuppMat.DOC4.6 MB | SUPPORTING INFORMATION |
Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.
REFERENCES
- 1Goel A, McCloy JS, Pokorny R, Kruger AA. Challenges with vitrification of Hanford high-level waste (HLW) to borosilicate glass: An overview. J Non-Cryst Solids X. 2019; 4:100033.
- 2Vienna JD, Kroll JO, Hrma PR, Lang JB, Crum JV. Submixture model to predict nepheline precipitation in waste glasses. Int J Appl Glass Sci. 2017; 8(2): 143–57.
- 3McCloy JS, Schweiger MJ, Rodriguez CP, Vienna JD. Nepheline crystallization in nuclear waste glasses: Progress toward acceptance of high-alumina formulations. Int J Appl Glass Sci. 2011; 2(3): 201–14.
- 4Marcial J, Kabel J, Saleh M, Washton N, Shaharyar Y, Goel A, et al. Structural dependence of crystallization in glasses along the nepheline (NaAlSiO4)–eucryptite (LiAlSiO4) join. J Am Ceram Soc. 2018; 101(7): 2840–55.
- 5Matyáš J, Jansik D, Owen A, Rodriquez C, Lang J, Kruger A. Impact of particle agglomeration on accumulation rates in the glass discharge riser of HLW melter. Ceram Trans. 2013; 241: 59–69.
- 6Kruger AA, Rodriguez CP, Lang JB, Huckleberry AR, Matyas J, Owen AT. Crystal-tolerant glass approach for mitigation of crystal accumulation in continuous melters processing radioactive waste. Hanford Site (HNF), Richland, WA (United States); 2012 Aug 28.
- 7Edwards M, Matyáš J, Crum J. Real-time monitoring of crystal accumulation in the high-level waste glass melters using an electrical conductivity method. Int J Appl Glass Sci. 2018; 9(1): 42–51.
- 8Vienna JD. Nuclear waste vitrification in the United States: recent developments and future options. Int J Appl Glass Sci. 2010; 1(3): 309–21.
- 9Jantzen CM, Brown KG. Predicting the spinel-nepheline liquidus for application to nuclear waste glass processing. Part II: Quasicrystalline freezing point depression model. J Am Ceram Soc. 2007; 90(6): 1880–91.
- 10Jantzen C. Using polymerization, glass structure, and quasicrystalline theory to produce high level radioactive borosilicate glass remosetly: A 20+ year legacy. J South Carolina Acad Sci. 2017; 15(1).
- 11Matyas J, Gervasio V, Sannoh SE, Kruger AA. Predictive modeling of crystal accumulation in high-level waste glass melters processing radioactive waste. J Nucl Mater. 2017; 495: 322–31.
- 12Matyas J, Vienna JD, Peeler DK, Fox KM, Herman CC, Kruger AA. Road map for development of crystal-tolerant high level waste glasses. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; 2014.
- 13Agnew SF, Boyer J, Corbin RA, Duran TB, FitzPatrick JR, Jurgensen KA, et al. Hanford tank chemical and radionuclide inventories: HDW Model Review. 4. Los Alamos National Laboratory; 1997.
- 14Caurant D, Loiseau P, Majerus O, Aubin-Chevaldonnet V, Bardez I, Quintas A. Glasses, glass-ceramics and ceramics for immobilization of highly radioactive nuclear wastes. New York: Nova Science Publishers; 2009.
- 15Arnaud Q, Caurant D, Majérus O, Charpentier T, Dussossoy J-L. Effect of the nature of alkali and alkaline-earth oxides on the structure and crystallization of an aluminoborosilicate glass developed to immobilize highly concentrated nuclear waste solutions. arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.1576. 2009 Dec 8. Nucl Waste Mater. 2009.
- 16Wu J, Stebbins JF. Effects of cation field strength on the structure of aluminoborosilicate glasses: High-resolution 11B, 27Al and 23Na MAS NMR. J Non-Cryst Solids. 2009; 355(9): 556–62.
- 17Du L-S, Stebbins JF. Site preference and Si/B mixing in mixed-alkali borosilicate glasses: A high-resolution 11B and 17O NMR study. Chem Mater. 2003; 15(20): 3913–21.
- 18Deshkar A, Marcial J, Southern SA, Kobera L, Bryce DL, McCloy JS, et al. Understanding the structural origin of crystalline phase transformations in nepheline (NaAlSiO4) based glass-ceramics. J Am Ceram Soc. 2017; 100(7): 2859–78.
- 19Brehault A, Patil D, Kamat H, Youngman RE, Thirion LM, Mauro JC, et al. Compositional dependence of solubility/retention of molybdenum oxides in aluminoborosilicate-based model nuclear waste glasses. J Phys Chem B. 2018; 122(5): 1714–29.
- 20Deshkar A, Ahmadzadeh M, Scrimshire A, Han E, Bingham PA, Guillen D, et al. Crystallization behavior of iron-and boron-containing nepheline (Na2O· Al2O3· 2SiO2) based model high-level nuclear waste glasses. J Am Ceram Soc. 2019; 102(3): 1101–21.
- 21Bonano E, Cunnane J, Cotton T. Evaluation of options for permanent geologic disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high level radioactive waste in support of a comprehensive national nuclear fuel cycle strategy. 2014; 2: 187.
- 22Cicconi MR, Giuli G, Ertel-Ingrisch W, Paris E, Dingwell DB. The effect of the [Na/(Na+ K)] ratio on Fe speciation in phonolitic glasses. Am Mineral. 2015; 100(7): 1610–9.
- 23Gerlach S, Claußen O, Rüssel C. Thermodynamics of iron in alkali–magnesia–silica glasses. J Non-Cryst Solids. 1998; 238(1–2): 75–82.
- 24Kim K-D. Iron redox equilibrium and diffusivity in mixed alkali-alkaline earth-silica glass melts. Ceram Silik. 2011; 55(1): 54–8.
- 25Matyas J, Huckleberry AR, Rodriguez CP, Lang JB, Owen JB, Owen AT, et al. HLW glass studies: Development of crystal-tolerant HLW glasses. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; 2012.
- 26Lagarec K, Rancourt DG. Recoil-Mössbauer spectral analysis software for Windows. Ottawa, ON: University of Ottawa; 1998.
- 27Ahmadzadeh M, Marcial J, McCloy J. Crystallization of iron-containing sodium aluminosilicate glasses in the NaAlSiO4–NaFeSiO4 join. J Geophys Res Solid Earth. 2017: 122(4): 2504–24.
- 28Reichel V, Kovacs A, Kumari M, Bereczk-Tompa E, Schneck E, Diehle P, et al. Single crystalline superstructured stable single domain magnetite nanoparticles. Sci Rep. 2017; 7:45484.
- 29Lin M, Huang H, Liu Z, Liu Y, Ge J, Fang Y. Growth–dissolution–regrowth transitions of Fe3O4 nanoparticles as building blocks for 3D magnetic nanoparticle clusters under hydrothermal conditions. Langmuir. 2013; 29(49): 15433–41.
- 30Dunaeva ES, Uspenskaya IA, Pokholok KV, Minin VV, Efimov NN, Ugolkova EA, et al. Coordination and RedOx ratio of iron in sodium-silicate glasses. J Non-Cryst Solids. 2012; 358(23): 3089–95.
- 31Bingham PA, Parker JM, Searle T, Williams JM, Fyles K. Redox and clustering of iron in silicate glasses. J Non-Cryst Solids. 1999; 253(1–3): 203–9.
- 32Rodriguez CP, McCloy JS, Schweiger MJ, Crum JV, Winschell A. Optical basicity and nepheline crystallization in high alumina glasses (PNNL-20184). Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; 2011.
- 33Moretti R. Polymerisation, basicity, oxidation state and their role in ionic modelling of silicate melts. Annals of Geophysics. 2005.
- 34Dyar MD. A review of Mössbauer data on inorganic glasses: The effects of composition on iron valency and coordination. Am Mineral. 1985; 70(3–4): 304–16.
- 35Mysen B, Richet P. Silicate glasses and melts: properties and structure. Elsevier; 2005.
- 36Cochain B, Neuville DR, Henderson GS, McCammon CA, Pinet O, Richet P. Effects of the iron content and redox state on the structure of sodium borosilicate glasses: A Raman, Mössbauer and boron K-edge XANES spectroscopy study. J Am Ceram Soc. 2012; 95(3): 962–71.
- 37Paul A. Ferrous-ferric equilibrium in binary alkali silicate glasses. Phys Chem Glasses. 1965; 6: 207–11.
- 38Mysen BO. The structural behavior of ferric and ferrous iron in aluminosilicate glass near meta-aluminosilicate joins. Geochim Cosmochim Acta. 2006; 70(9): 2337–53.
- 39Manara D, Grandjean A, Neuville D. Advances in understanding the structure of borosilicate glasses: A Raman spectroscopy study. Am Mineral. 2009; 94(5–6): 777–84.
- 40Neuville DR, Cormier L, Massiot D. Al coordination and speciation in calcium aluminosilicate glasses: Effects of composition determined by 27Al MQ-MAS NMR and Raman spectroscopy. Chem Geol. 2006; 229(1–3): 173–85.
- 41Bancroft GM, Nesbitt HW, Henderson GS, O'Shaughnessy C, Withers AC, Neuville DR. Lorentzian dominated lineshapes and linewidths for Raman symmetric stretch peaks (800–1200 cm−1) in Qn (n = 1–3) species of alkali silicate glasses/melts. J Non-Cryst Solids. 2018; 484: 72–83.
- 42Nesbitt HW, O'Shaughnessy C, Henderson GS, Michael Bancroft G, Neuville DR. Factors affecting line shapes and intensities of Q3 and Q4 Raman bands of Cs silicate glasses. Chem Geol. 2019; 505: 1–11.
- 43Magnien V, Neuville DR, Cormier L, Roux J, Hazemann JL, Pinet O, et al. Kinetics of iron redox reactions in silicate liquids: A high-temperature X-ray absorption and Raman spectroscopy study. J Nucl Mater. 2006; 352(1–3): 190–5.
- 44Cochain B, Neuville D, Richet P, Henderson G & Pinet O. Determination of iron redox ratio in borosilicate glasses and melts from Raman spectra. 2008.
- 45Le Losq C, Neuville DR. Effect of the Na/K mixing on the structure and the rheology of tectosilicate silica-rich melts. Chem Geol. 2013; 346: 57–71.
- 46Denisov V, Mavrin B, Podobedov V, Sterin KE, Varshal B. Law of conservation of momentum and rule of mutual exclusion for vibrational excitations in hyper-Raman and Raman spectra of glasses. J Non-Cryst Solids. 1984; 64(1–2): 195–210.
- 47Sarnthein J, Pasquarello A, Car R. Origin of the high-frequency doublet in the vibrational spectrum of sitreous SiO2. Science. 1997; 275(5308): 1925.
- 48Pasquarello A, Sarnthein J, Car R. Dynamic structure factor of vitreous silica from first principles: Comparison to neutron-inelastic-scattering experiments. Phys Rev B. 1998; 57(22):14133.
- 49Neuville DR. Viscosity, structure and mixing in (Ca, Na) silicate melts. Chem Geol. 2006; 229(1–3): 28–41.
- 50Yu YT, Wang MY, Smedskjaer MM, Mauro JC, Sant G, Bauchy M. Thermometer effect: Origin of the mixed alkali effect in glass relaxation. Phys Rev Lett. 2017; 119(9):095501.
- 51Isard JO. The mixed alkali effect in glass. J Non-Cryst Solids. 1969; 1(3): 235–61.
- 52Day DE. Mixed alkali glasses: Their properties and uses. J Non-Cryst Solids. 1976; 21(3): 343–72.
- 53Kelsey KE, Stebbins JF, Singer DM, Brown Jr GE, Mosenfelder JL, Asimow PD. Cation field strength effects on high pressure aluminosilicate glass structure: Multinuclear NMR and La XAFS results. Geochim Cosmochim Acta. 2009; 73(13): 3914–33.
- 54Fernandes HR, Kapoor S, Patel Y, Ngai K, Levin K, Germanov Y, et al. Composition–structure–property relationships in Li2O–Al2O3–B2O3 glasses. J Non-Cryst Solids. 2018; 502: 142–51.
- 55Branda F, Grillo P, Luciani G, Costantini A. Structural role of La2O3 in La2O3–CaO–Na2O–SiO2 glasses. Phys Chem Glasses. 2001; 42(6): 385–8.
- 56Gasnier E, Bardez-Giboire I, Montouillout V, Pellerin N, Allix M, Massoni N, et al. Homogeneity of peraluminous SiO2–B2O3–Al2O3–Na2O–CaO–Nd2O3 glasses: Effect of neodymium content. J Non-Cryst Solids. 2014; 405: 55–62.
- 57Coon J, Shelby J. Formation and properties of sodium lanthanum silicate glasses. Phys Chem Glasses. 1994; 35(2): 47–51.
- 58Stone-Weiss N, Youngman RE, Thorpe R, Smith NJ, Pierce EM, Goel A. An insight into the corrosion of alkali aluminoborosilicate glasses in acidic environments. Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2020; 22(4): 1881–96.
- 59Bechgaard TK, Goel A, Youngman RE, Mauro JC, Rzoska SJ, Bockowski M, et al. Structure and mechanical properties of compressed sodium aluminosilicate glasses: Role of non-bridging oxygens. J Non-Cryst Solids. 2016; 441: 49–57.
- 60Buck E, Dietz N, Wronkiewicz D, Bates J, Millar A. Microscopic characterization of crystalline phases in waste forms. Argonne National Lab.; 1995.
- 61Kim D-S, Hrma P, Smith DE, Schweiger MJ. Crystallization in simulated glasses from hanford high-level nuclear waste composition range. Pacific Northwest Lab.; 1993.
- 62Cornell RM, Schwertmann U. The iron oxides: structure, properties, reactions, occurrences and uses. John Wiley & Sons; 2003.
- 63Cullity BD, Graham CD. Introduction to magnetic materials. John Wiley & Sons; 2011.
- 64Ahmadzadeh M, Romero C, McCloy J. Magnetic analysis of commercial hematite, magnetite, and their mixtures. AIP Adv. 2018; 8(5):056807.
- 65Duffy JA. Redox equilibria in glass. J Non-Cryst Solids. 1996; 196: 45–50.
- 66Duffy JA, Ingram MD. An interpretation of glass chemistry in terms of the optical basicity concept. J Non-Cryst Solids. 1976; 21(3): 373–410.
- 67Schreiber HD, Kochanowski BK, Schreiber CW, Morgan AB, Coolbaugh MT, Dunlap TG. Compositional dependence of redox equilibria in sodium-silicate glasses. J Non-Cryst Solids. 1994; 177: 340–6.
- 68Lee SK, Sung S. The effect of network-modifying cations on the structure and disorder in peralkaline Ca–Na aluminosilicate glasses: O-17 3QMAS NMR study. Chem Geol. 2008; 256(3–4): 326–33.
- 69Quintas A, Charpentier T, Majerus O, Caurant D, Dussossoy JL, Vermaut P. NMR study of a rare-earth aluminoborosilicate glass with varying CaO-to-Na2O ratio. Appl Magn Reson. 2007; 32(4): 613–34.
- 70Swenson J, Adams S. Mixed alkali effect in glasses. Phys Rev Lett. 2003; 90:55507.
- 71Varshneya AK. Kinetics if ion exchange in glasses. In: DE Day, editor. Glass surfaces. Elsevier; 1975. p. 355–65.
- 72Le Losq C, Cicconi MR, Greaves GN, Neuville DR. Silicate glasses. In: JD Musgraves, J Hu, L Calvez, editors. Springer handbook of glass. Cham: Springer; 2019. p. 441–503.
- 73Le Losq C, Neuville DR, Chen W, Florian P, Massiot D, Zhou Z, et al. Percolation channels: A universal idea to describe the atomic structure and dynamics of glasses and melts. Sci Rep. 2017; 7(1):16490.
- 74Ingram MD. Ionic conductivity in glass. Phys Chem Glasses. 1987; 28(6): 215–34.
- 75Swenson J, Matic A, Karlsson C, Börjesson L, Meneghini C, Howells WS. Random ion distribution model: A structural approach to the mixed-alkali effect in glasses. Phys Rev B. 2001; 63(13):132202.
- 76LaCourse WC. A defect model for the mixed alkali effect. J Non-Cryst Solids. 1987; 95 and 96: 905–12.
- 77Maass P. Towards a theory for the mixed alkali effect in glasses. J Non-Cryst Solids. 1999; 225: 35–46.
- 78Greaves GN, Ngai KL. Ionic transport properties in oxide glasses derived from the atomic structure. J Non-Cryst Solids. 1994; 172–174: 1378–88.
- 79Wilkinson CJ, Potter AR, Welch RS, Bragatto C, Zheng QJ, Bauchy M, et al. Topological origins of the mixed alkali effect in glass. J Phys Chem B. 2019; 123(34): 7482–9.
- 80Bunde A, Ingram MD, Russ S. A new interpretation of the dynamic structure model of ion transport in molten and solid glasses. Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2004; 6(13): 3663–8.
- 81Greaves GN. Random network models. In: CRA Catlow, editor. Defects and disorder in crystalline and amorphous solids. Dordrecht: Springer; 1994. p. 87–122.
- 82Lee SK, Stebbins JF. The distribution of sodium ions in aluminosilicate glasses: A high-field Na-23 MAS and 3Q MAS NMR study. Geochim Cosmochim Acta. 2003; 67(9): 1699–709.
- 83Lee SK. Microscopic origins of macroscopic properties of silicate melts and glasses at ambient and high pressure: Implications for melt generation and dynamics. Geochim Cosmochim Acta. 2005; 69(14): 3695–710.
- 84Lee SK, Stebbins JF. Effects of the degree of polymerization on the structure of sodium silicate and aluminosilicate glasses and melts: An 17O NMR study. Geochim Cosmochim Acta. 2009; 73(4): 1109–19.
- 85Angeli F, Villain O, Schuller S, Ispas S, Charpentier T. Insight into sodium silicate glass structural organization by multinuclear NMR combined with first-principles calculations. Geochim Cosmochim Acta. 2011; 75(9): 2453–69.
- 86Matson DW, Sharma SK, Philpotts JA. The structure of high-silica alkali-silicate glasses. A Raman spectroscopic investigation. J Non-Cryst Solids. 1983; 58(2): 323–52.
- 87Voigt U, Lammert H, Eckert H, Heuer A. Cation clustering in lithium silicate glasses: Quantitative description by solid-state NMR and molecular dynamics simulations. Phys Rev B. 2005; 72(6):064207.
- 88Sen S, Youngman R. NMR study of Q-speciation and connectivity in K2O–SiO2 glasses with high silica content. J Non-Cryst Solids. 2003; 331(1–3): 100–7.
- 89Stebbins JF. Cation sites in mixed-alkali oxide glasses: Correlations of NMR chemical shift data with site size and bond distance. Solid State Ionics. 1998; 112(1–2): 137–41.
- 90Eoh YJ, Kim ES. Effect of heat-treatment on the dielectric properties of CaMgSi2O6 glass-ceramics with Cr2O3–Fe2O3–TiO2. Japan J Appl Phys. 2014; 53(8S3):08NB01.
- 91Goel A, Shaaban ER, Tulyaganov DU, Ferreira JMF. Study of crystallization kinetics in glasses along the diopside-Ca-Tschermak join. J Am Ceram Soc. 2008; 91(8): 2690–7.
- 92Goel A, Tulyaganov DU, Agathopoulos S, Ribeiro MJ, Basu RN, Ferreira JMF. Diopside-Ca-Tschermak clinopyroxene based glass-ceramics processed via sintering and crystallization of glass powder compacts. J Eur Ceram Soc. 2007; 27(5): 2325–31.